---
type: "Bill"
title: "Frederick County - Beer and Wine Licenses - Barbershops"
description: "Frederick County - Beer and Wine Licenses - Barbershops"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Maryland HB 179 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Barbers", "Beverage Containers", "Fees", "Frederick County", "Weights and Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frederick County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caa8fc55-2737-4ec6-b1f8-8aa22eb27f1a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB179&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "0b42296de27dc7d1d5211e382a9ba53405853f0d1a8c5c34c128275329039bea"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 179 (2017) — Frederick County - Beer and Wine Licenses - Barbershops

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0179f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Frederick County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-19** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-13** Third Reading Passed (135-1) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caa8fc55-2737-4ec6-b1f8-8aa22eb27f1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).